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A project management office (PMO) is an organizational structure that promotes the exchange of resources, methodologies, tools, and procedures while standardizing the governance processes associated with projects. The PMO serves as the organization's natural point of contact for its portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as its organizational measurement systems (such as the balanced scorecard).By providing templates, best practices, training, access to information, and lessons gained from previous projects, supportive PMOs play a consultative role in projects.The PMO integrates data and information from organizational strategic projects and assesses the accomplishment of higher-level strategic goals.A PMO's duties can include managing one or more projects directly or performing support activities for project management.According to PMBOK 6th Edition Controlling PMOs provide support and require compliance through various means.Directive PMOs take control of the projects by directly managing the projects.

A project management office (PMO) is an organizational structure that promotes the
exchange of resources, methodologies, tools, and procedures while standardizing the
governance processes associated with projects. A PMO's duties can include managing one or
more projects directly or performing support activities for project management. PMOs can in
a variety of forms inside organizations. The level of authority and influence each category has
on individual organizational tasks varies, for example: supportive. By providing templates,
best practices, training, access to information, and lessons gained from previous projects,
supportive PMOs play a consultative role in projects. This kind of PMO functions as a project
archive.
According to PMBOK 6th Edition
Controlling PMOs provide support and require compliance through various means. The
degree of control provided by the PMO is moderate. Compliance may involve.
• Adoption of project management frameworks or methodologies.
• Use of specific templates, forms, and tools; and
• Conformance to governance frameworks.
Directive PMOs take control of the projects by directly managing the projects. Project
managers are assigned by and report to the PMO. The degree of control provided by the PMO
is high.
The project management office could oversee the entire company. It might help deliver
corporate value and improve strategic alignment. The PMO integrates data and information
from organizational strategic projects and assesses the accomplishment of higher-level
strategic goals. The PMO serves as the organization's natural point of contact for its portfolios,
programs, and projects, as well as its organizational measurement systems (such as the
balanced scorecard). The only connection between the projects the PMO supports or
oversees is that they are managed together. The requirements of the organization that a PMO
supports determine the precise form, purpose, and structure of the PMO